Non-Destructive Identification of Fibre Orientation in Multi-Ply Biaxial Laminates Using Contact Temperature Sensors.

Fibre orientation within composite structures dictates the material properties of the laminate once cured. The ability to accurately and automatically assess fibre orientation of composite parts is a significant enabler in the goal to optimise the established processes within aftermarket aerospace industries. Incorrect ply lay-up results in a structure with undesirable material properties and as such, has the potential to fail under safe working loads.

Clinical characteristics and survival in cardiogenic shock admissions to a UK heart transplant unit.

Aim: We describe the characteristics and outcomes of cardiogenic shock (CS) admissions to a UK transplant unit, which is previously unreported.

Patients & Methods: Fifty-nine unselected, consecutive patients over a 38-month period in CS (INTERMACS ≤2) and potentially eligible for transplant were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: Patients were predominantly male (76.

Aneurysmal 'pepper-pot' atrial septal defect in an older gentleman with multiple cerebrovascular attacks.

Our patient presented to a large university teaching hospital with a history of light-headedness, falls and multiple cerebrovascular ischaemic events. This caused a right sided hemiplegia and the patient experienced significant functional limitation. Extensive investigations were carried out to exclude any causative factors such as carotid artery disease and the patient had all identifiable cardiovascular risk factors identified and modified.

Long Term Outcomes in Stress Echocardiography: Ten Year Follow up of a Cohort in a Single Centre.

Backgroud: The high service burden for acute admissions and referrals via rapid access chest pain clinics for evaluation of possible coronary artery disease means that many patients are now undergoing an investigation such as stress echocardiography as part of their evaluation. We aimed to see if the reassurance provided by negative stress echocardiography correlates with long-term event free survival.

Methods: A cohort of all patients who were referred at a single centre for stress echocardiography for diagnosis of coronary artery disease between January 1st 1999 and December 31st 2000 were followed up at least 10 years following theirs stress echocardiogram for further major cardiovascular events and mortality.

Endocarditis in a large district general hospital: A study of the microbiological spectrum between 2000 and 2011.

Infective endocarditis is one of three common cardiac infections in the United Kingdom, in addition to myocarditis and pericarditis, with a reported incidence of 1.7 to 6.2 cases per 100,000 patient years.

Aggressive cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and a comprehensive literature review.

Background. We present the case of a 35-year-old gentleman who presented with an aggressive cardiomyopathy with normal coronary arteries. He was later diagnosed with systemic lupus-related cardiomyopathy.

Late outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation in "real-world" clinical practice.

Background: We report the late outcomes in 411 consecutive patients undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation by a single operator between 2003-2006.

Methods: Prospective registry with continuous follow up. Patients with stable angina (SA) or acute coronary syndrome (ACS) received DES for long lesions, small vessels, chronic total occlusion, bifurcation, aorto-ostial, left main, post atherectomy or saphenous vein graft lesions, multivessel/multilesion single-vessel (V) disease, in-stent restenosis (ISR) or diabetes.